Acts 15:14
ContextNETBible | Simeon 1 has explained 2 how God first concerned himself 3 to select 4 from among the Gentiles 5 a people for his name. |
XREF | Isa 43:21; Isa 55:11-13; Lu 1:68,78; Lu 2:31,32; Ac 15:7-9; Ro 1:5; Ro 11:36; 1Pe 2:9,10; 2Pe 1:1 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Simeon is a form of the apostle Peter’s Aramaic name. James uses Peter’s “Jewish” name here. 2 tn Or “reported,” “described.” 3 tn BDAG 378 s.v. ἐπισκέπτομαι 3 translates this phrase in Acts 15:14, “God concerned himself about winning a people fr. among the nations.” 4 tn Grk “to take,” but in the sense of selecting or choosing (accompanied by the preposition ἐκ [ek] plus a genitive specifying the group selected from) see Heb 5:1; also BDAG 584 s.v. λαμβάνω 6. 5 sn In the Greek text the expression “from among the Gentiles” is in emphatic position. |